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Benjamin Franklin's walking stick, about 1780 Franklin received this cane while serving as ambassador to France during the 1780s. In his will he bequeathed this reminder of the Revolution and its ideals to George Washington: "My fine crab-tree walking stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend, and the friend of mankind, General Washington. If it were a Sceptre, he has merited it, and would become it." Washington's grandnephew donated the cane to the U.S. government in 1843; it was transferred to the Smithsonian from the State Department in 1922. from http://www.smithsonianlegacies.si.edu/objectdescription.cfm?ID=57
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Who led the Americans' negotiations with France?
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
What was Benjamin Franklin's mother's last name?
Franklin! That's why they called him Benjamin Franklin.
What would Benjamin Franklin be when he grow up?
He always wanted to be a sailor, but since one of his brothers was lost at sea, his father, Josiah Franklin, did not allow Benjamin to become a sailor.
Is Benjamin Franklin single?
No, Benjamin Franklin is not single.
Who is more famous Madonna or Benjamin Franklin?
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